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title: In The Flintstones a sabre-toothed cat is a family pet who sleeps in… — Ice Age: real sabre-tooths, ground slo… · tree and pragmatics
description: In The Flintstones a sabre-toothed cat is a family pet who sleeps in a cave home with people. What is real? Test 4 of lesson 131 «Ice Age: real sabre-tooths, ground sloths, glyptodonts and dodos» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 4 · Ice Age: real sabre-tooths, ground sloths, glyptodonts and…

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In The Flintstones a sabre-toothed cat is a family pet who sleeps in a cave home with people. What is real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** toothed cat, family pet · **What happens:** tooth, be, sleep · **To what, where:** family pet, Flintstones, cave

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This is test 4 of lesson 131 «Ice Age: real sabre-tooths, ground sloths, glyptodonts and dodos» of the biology course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/131-ice-age-sabre-tooths-ground-sloths-and-scrat/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In The Flintstones a sabre-toothed cat is a family pet who sleeps in a cave home with people.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:131-ice-age-sabre-tooths-ground-sloths-and-scrat:t4:1
# text = In The Flintstones a sabre-toothed cat is a family pet who sleeps in a cave home with people.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Flintstones	Flintstone	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	sabre	sabre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	toothed	tooth	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	sleeps	sleep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	home	home	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tooth** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | a toothed cat | a family pet |  | the Flintstones |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **sleep** | present | a family pet |  |  | a cave |  | with people; home *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in cave=Location |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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*Sentence 2:* What is real?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:131-ice-age-sabre-tooths-ground-sloths-and-scrat:t4:2
# text = What is real?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Sabre-tooths only ate vegetables

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:131-ice-age-sabre-tooths-ground-sloths-and-scrat:t4:o1:1
# text = Sabre-tooths only ate vegetables
1	Sabre	sabre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	tooths	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	vegetables	vegetable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | Sabre tooths | vegetables |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vegetable=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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People kept sabre-tooths as pets in caves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:131-ice-age-sabre-tooths-ground-sloths-and-scrat:t4:o2:1
# text = People kept sabre-tooths as pets in caves
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sabre	sabre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	tooths	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	caves	cave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | People | sabre tooths |  | caves |  | as pets | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent tooth=Theme in cave=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Sabre-tooths lived with dinosaurs and people in the same caves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:131-ice-age-sabre-tooths-ground-sloths-and-scrat:t4:o3:1
# text = Sabre-tooths lived with dinosaurs and people in the same caves
1	Sabre	sabre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	tooths	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	caves	cave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | Sabre tooths |  |  | the same caves |  | with dinosaurs and people | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with dinosaur=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Sabre-tooths were wild hunters of big plant-eaters, never pets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:131-ice-age-sabre-tooths-ground-sloths-and-scrat:t4:o4:1
# text = Sabre-tooths were wild hunters of big plant-eaters, never pets
1	Sabre	sabre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	tooths	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
9	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	eaters	eater	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Sabre tooths | wild hunters and pets |  |  |  | of big plant eaters | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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